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Exploitative   /ˌɛksplˈɔɪtətɪv/   Listen
Exploitative

adjective
1.
Tending to exploit or make use of.  Synonyms: exploitatory, exploitive.






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"Exploitative" Quotes from Famous Books



... that this point of view is going to gain enough strength and political acceptance to become one of the motive forces of this century. Already it has much power. Even though many established attitudes, laws, and practices are still firmly rooted in the old exploitative, often heroic urge to seize upon all resources and put them to use at whatever ultimate cost, disgust over pollution and the destruction of beautiful places is getting to be a political factor to be reckoned with at all levels of government. So is concern over man's lemminglike multiplication ...
— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior



Words linked to "Exploitative" :   exploit, exploitive, consumptive



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